Faculty of Engineering, HKU

Professor Xu Liang, University of Pittsburgh, USA, will give a lecture on 12 June 2025 (Thursday) at Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two, G/F Run Run Shaw Building, HKU, titled “The past, present and future of Land Surface Modeling: A Personal Perspective”. Register now!

The Faculty of Engineering will organise the Faculty-based in-person 214^th Congregation on July 24, 2025 (Thursday) and July 25, 2025 (Friday) at the Grand Hall of Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre at The University of Hong Kong, conferring degrees to graduands from different programmes in four sessions.

Professor Chao Xiang of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has been honoured with the 2025 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award for his pioneering research in silicon photonics, specifically his work on “integrating lasers for advanced photonic integrated circuits".

Professor Kevin Kin Man Tsia and Professor Han Wang of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has been honoured with The Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology (HKEST) Award 2024-25.

A groundbreaking development by Professor Fu Zhang and researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Faculty of Engineering, has enabled drones and micro air vehicles (MAVs) to emulate the flight capabilities of birds more closely than ever before.

“Step out of your comfort zone,” said Daric Li. A graduate of the University of Hong Kong’s Master’s programme in Financial Technology and Data Analytics in 2023, Daric himself is a living example of someone who made bold moves, venturing not only into entrepreneurship but also across the border, into the Greater Bay Area.

Professor Ngai Wong and Dr Zhengwu Liu from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering have conducted research on memristor-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) in collaboration with Tsinghua University and Tianjin University.

A research team led by Professor Tong Zhang from the Department of Civil Engineering has developed a computational tool, Argo, designed to accurately track ARGs in environmental samples, providing insights into their dissemination and associated risks.

Professor Tong Zhang, the Chair Professor (Environmental Engineering) of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), led a multidisciplinary sewage surveillance team of colleagues from environmental engineering and science, biological science, and public health, etc. during the COVID-19 pandemic to track and inform the public of the risk.

“Innovation for Impacts” is the theme of the fourth exhibition. Ten cutting-edge engineering research projects led by Professors in the Faculty of Engineering are exhibited in the Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two. Free Admissions. Welcome to visit!